The Database Security Operations Quant research project – Database Quant for short – was launched to develop an unbiased metrics model to describe the costs of securing database platforms. In the process we developed the most in-depth database security program framework we can find, as well as all the key metrics to measure database security efforts. Our goal is to provide organizations with a tool to better understand the security costs of configuring, monitoring, and managing databases. By capturing quantifiable and precise metrics that describe the daily activities database administrators, auditors, and security professionals, we can better understand the costs associated with security and compliance efforts. Database Quant was developed through independent research and community involvement, to accurately reflect all the substantive efforts that comprise a database security program.

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